Container



Nov. 23, 1943. J GERAHTY 2,334,817

CONTAINER Filed Aug. 31, 1942 Patented Nov. 23, 1943 F Janene .appiieanoaaugu t'ai, 1942. Serial No. 456,740

' Aim aims (crate- 45) The principal object oii' th ezinvention is the Productionv of a' non-metalliocontai-ner adapted for the shipment or storage of a numberof cemmodities of varyingtypesfand including foodstuffs, which commodities may beieither solid semisolid and, in' some casealiquid in characterv per-likeor analagous materialthe thickness and consequentstrengthof which-may'varydependf if the meeting edges'of thebody-offthe container i with its cover and base are properly sealed. 7 The use of the invention is particularly desirableat the present; time in view ofthe prevailing metal ishortage :as metal does not enter i into the construction of the container or of the component parts.

"A further object of the invention is the pro-i duction of a container of the aboveicharacterf poses and which in. itspreferred form shall com- V which shallbe. leak pi'oot for all practical'pur-' prise alcylindricallbody"coristructed of a paper- I like material and a base and ower constructed preferably of a hardened clay-likeorplastic m'aterial which shall possess rigidity-and strength bers for the body of the container;

and act as supporting-and strengthening mem- A further object of the invention'is the produc tion'of a containerihaving the above characteris tics which shalljbe'resistant tofracture andabuse incident to ordinary. handling; 1

A further object of. thein vention .is the production of...a container of theaboveyoharacter, 1

the component parts of which may her-manumay-be assembledtogether to form the completed package in a minimumof time.

Other and further objects of the'invention .will

be apparent as the description thereof proceeds,

. so factured with facility and expedition and-which the invention consisting in the novel. container and inter-related parts thereof all as'hereinafter more particularly described andthen specified'in theclaims. 1.

In the accompanying drawingillustrating a practical embodiment of the container of the invention:

Fig. 1 is ,,a planview of the container. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line. 2 -2- of the Fig. 1..

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3' of Fig. 2. i 1

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective View of the various elements makinglup the completed container prior to their-assembly, and I Referring in detail to the the drawing:

The body of the audit comprises a cylinder or tube made'of'apa several figures of r Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of; Fig. :3. i

container is indicated atin I ing on the-use for which the container isempl'oyed. The method of manufacturingsuch tubes .Lor' cylinders is very old in the art'andforms no part of the present invention. -Needl ess to say, 'hovvever, theyv may 'b'e' mad'e of. appreciable strength and stiffness and of varying-sizes. "Ifhe" peripheraluppe'r and lower edges cf saidbody" 19 are provided with outwardly extending, dia- 1 metrically 'opposed ears or tabs H and l2re- 1 spectively whichare integral with the body It). Said earsor tabs-are; by preference; reenfo rced by reeziforcing strips or elements- 53-;and 'll'respectively fwhich may be madepf any desirable material:

them" resistant to bending or cracking.

jManifestly, the cylinder or tube ifiincl uding theears or tabs Hand 52 as well as'the reenforcingelements i3 and it may be impregnated or" coated or, lined with any suitable liquid or 1 material eitherfor stiffening purposes orto ren-* der them inert to the chemical or other action ofthe contents of the' container. desired, thein nersurface of the cylinder maybe coated with sanitary lacquer should the contents of the-container make that advisable or desirable. The-body I0, in addition, is provided therein with 1 diametrically opposed locking slots l5 and I6 A respectively which extend within and throughthe aforesaid ears or'tabs and through the adjacent 'reenforcing elements E3 and l4. 7 -The circular base of the container is indicated at' H. It is co'nstructedpreferably of a non-metallic substance such as a hardened clay-like or '1 plastic material made of. a size to interfit with the lower edge ofthe body IE.

Thereenforcing strips follow the con tour of the ears or tabs and extend downwardlyorfupwardly; as-the case may be,'withinthe body "j and are securely fastened to the ears or-tabs-an df] o. thebo'dy by'any'suitable adhesive orby anyother suitabie'fastening means. Such reenforcingstrips or elements it and M act as stiffeners and strengtheners forthe ears or tabsand make like body provided with diametrically opposed slots adjacent its edges and a cover and base interfitting with said body and composed of a nonmetallic hardened material'and each having a peripheral flange and an-inner circular flange ina V tegral therewith to form a channel receiving an edge of the body with the peripheral flange oppositely grooved and the circular flange diametrically slotted in alignment with the grooves and a locking element entering the slots in the body and said grooves and slots in said peripheral and circular flanges respectively. V j

3. A container comprising a cylindrical paperlike body provided with diametrically opposed form a channel having a tab-receiving groove communicating with said channel, said channel receiving an edge of said body with a tab ex-.

tending within said tab-receiving groove, said peripheral flange being provided with diametrically disposed grooves therein and saidcircular flange being provided with diametrically disposed slots therein in alignment with said'grooves and a locking element entering the slotsin the 4. A container comprising a cylindrical paperlike body provided with diametrically opposed slots therein and a cover and base of substantially similar construction interfitting with said'body and composed of non-metallic hardenedmaterial and each having a peripheral. flange and an inner circular flange integral therewith and spaced from said peripheral fiangeto form a circular V-shaped channel snugly receiving an end of the body and each also having a'tr'ansverse groove extending therethrough in one side thereof with the peripheral flange provided with concealed grooves and the circular flange diametrically slotted in alignment with said transverse groove and concealed grooves and a spring-like locking stripv received by said transverse groove and extending through the opposed slots in the body, through the slots in the circular flange and into said concealed grooves in the peripheral flange.

5. A container comprising a cylindricalpaperlike body provided with diametrically opposed slots' adjacent an end thereof and a rigid cover and base of a non-metallic hardened material interfitting with the body, said basebeing provided Wltlla peripheral flange and a circular flange spaced therefrom to form a circular channel receiving the aforesaid end of saidbocly, said Y peripheral flange having concealed grooves there-- inland said circular flange having opposedslots registering with said concealed grooves, a locking 7 locking element.

element extending through the slots in the body and the circular flange and into the concealed groovesanda closure disk frictionally engaging a wall of the circular flange and covering said 6. A container comprising a 'cylindrical paperlike body provided with diametrically opposed slotsadjacent the upper edgethereof, a base se- V with concealed grooves therein, strengtheningboss members on said'circular flange provided v body and said grooves and slots-in said peripheral b and circular flanges respectively. I 3

cured to said body, a rigidremovable'cover formed of a hardened non-metallic material and having a transverse groove in the upper side thereof and provided witha peripherallflange and a circular flange spaced therefrom to form a channel re-' ceiving the upper edge of the body, strengthening boss members on said peripheral flange provided with slots therein in alignment with said transverse groove and said concealed grooves anda spring-like locking strip interfitting with said transverse grooveand extending through 'fthe slots in the body, the slots in the bosses on the circular flange I and intol the said concealed grooves. 7

7. A container comprising a cylindricalpaper- 1 like body provided with .slots adjacent-the upper edge thereof, a base secured to said body and-a removable cover interfitting with said body and composed of a non-metallic hardened material and provided with a' peripheral flange and an inner, circular flange integral therewith and V spaced therefrom to form a channel snugly re-f ceiving-the upper edgeof said body, said circular flange being provided with slots positioned; so as to register with the slots ,in saidbody and lock ing means extending through the registeringslots to detachably lock said cover to said bodyk l JAMES e. G RAHTY. 

